Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has been appointed as the acting Supreme Leader of Iran, according to Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).
The appointment follows his election by Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council as the jurist member of the Guardian Council within the Leadership Council structure.
The Leadership Council is tasked with carrying out the responsibilities of the Supreme Leader pending the selection of a permanent successor by the Assembly of Experts.
The 67-year-old cleric, who currently serves on the powerful Guardian Council, was confirmed as part of the three-member interim body by the Expediency Council.
Arafi will serve alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei on the Interim Council, which is mandated by law to oversee leadership responsibilities during the transition period.
